Few men desire liberty. The majority only wish for a fair master. - Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Now THAT's a quote for our times! Sad, but true.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty. The external threat to liberty should not drive us into suppressing liberty at home. Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. - Harry Truman
Freedom of thought and the right of private judgment, in matters of conscience, driven from every other corner of the earth, direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum. - Samuel Adams
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife. - Teddy Roosevelt
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - Teddy Roosevelt
If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness- Teddy Roosevelt
One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license. - PJ O'Rourke
There is a fly in the ointment. There is a fox in the hen house.
There is a Trojan Horse outside the door.
These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.Thomas Payne
"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit."                 -Army PM Magazine
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break
And all these people have no place to stay Memphis Minnie, 1929
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - Teddy Roosevelt
If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness- Teddy Roosevelt
"Long ashes my friends."
There is a fox in the hen house.
There is a Trojan Horse outside the door.
These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.Thomas Payne
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. - Patton
                -Army PM Magazine
How about: You can't live with them and you can't get rid of them. Think about it....
Thinkin' 'bout my baby and my happy home
If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break
And all these people have no place to stay
Memphis Minnie, 1929